LAPSE:2023.36567
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LAPSE:2023.36567
Influence of Gas Inlet Slit Width on Gas-Assisted Plastic Micro-Tube Extrusion
Shuiquan Chen, Xingyuan Huang, Bin Liu, Xiaohui Zhang
August 3, 2023
In the process of the double-layer gas-assisted extrusion of plastic micro-tubes, the external size and surface quality of the micro-tubes are greatly affected by the size of the assisting gas inlet slit inside the mold. Therefore, in this experiment, a two-phase flow model was established based on a compressible gas and a non-compressible melt. The Polyflow finite element solution software module was used to solve the velocity field, temperature field, pressure field, and section size of the melt under the condition of double-layer gas-assisted extrusion in a mold under different gas inlet slit widths. The results show that, with an increase in the width of the gas inlet slit, the melt outlet velocity increases, the surface temperature increases, wall thickness shrinkage increases, and interior diameter expansion increases. In the process of gas-assisted extrusion, the thickness of the air cushion is affected by adjusting the size of the gas inlet slit, and, hence, changes the shape and size of the plastic micro-tubes.
Keywords
extrusion deformation, gas-assisted extrusion, gas–liquid two-phase model, numerical simulation
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Chen S, Huang X, Liu B, Zhang X. Influence of Gas Inlet Slit Width on Gas-Assisted Plastic Micro-Tube Extrusion. (2023). LAPSE:2023.36567
Author Affiliations
Chen S: College of Advanced Manufacturing, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Huang X: College of Advanced Manufacturing, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Liu B: College of Advanced Manufacturing, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Zhang X: College of Advanced Manufacturing, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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Processes
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11
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7
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2025
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2023
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2023-07-06
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2227-9717
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